Bug: MLO Windows RTE parsing doesn't always work

[Joel Azaria]

I've noticed that RTE doesn't always parse due date and reminder times when I enter them.  To wit, try these two entries:

Find email address for Company and give to Friend with copy to send requesting SIM card for Phone due Saturday, remind 8pm

Another task due saturday, remind 8pm

You will note that the second line gets parsed for reminder and due date correctly but the first line picks up neither.  From diddling around a bit it seems that when the first part of the text (the 'task') get's past a certain length, parsing due dates, etc. gets missed. (that's why the shorter 2nd line works)  If you shorten the first line (e.g. delete the first 4 words for example,) it will then parse the due and remind correctly.  Putting the 'task' portion in quotes does not help.

For the record, my RTE has all 3 boxes checked (multiple task entry, parse input and inherit parent contexts)

This is a problem that has been annoying me for some time now and have not had the time to dig.  Is only by chance that I just entered two tasks at once (a long and short, both with reminds) that made the problem clear.

Hope this can get fixed soon.

Thanks.

[pottster]

Go to Tools|Options|General Application Options|Rapid Task Entry Dialog and increase the character limit under the option "Place additional text in task note if text entered is greater than".

[Joel Azaria]

That worked, thank you.  

I think it's still a bug though and should be addressed. 

Essentially parsing won't work if the text is long enough to bleed into the notes field.  Seems like I should be able to enter any length entry and still have keywords parsed.

As another workaround I just tried putting the key/parse words first (due saturday remind 8pm Find email address for .....) and got the wierd results that it parsed the due date and the reminder but the task caption was just the word 'due' and the entire text (including the key/parse words) in the note field.